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DEVELOPING: LIABILITY DISPUTE, VOL–NCAA-OMAHA
ADDS: SEX OFFENDER APPEAL,
SEX OFFENDER APPEAL
OMAHA—A man convicted more than 10 years ago of using a 16-year-old girl as a prostitute will not have to reregister as a sex offender, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday. John Ways Jr. was convicted of pandering in 1996 and served two years in prison. He has clashed with authorities since, having been sentenced in 2004 to six years in federal prison in an explosives and firearms case and engaging in a long-running feud with Lincoln officials over a now-defunct strip club he owned. A dancer there was convicted in 2003 of performing sex acts with a dog. By Margery A. Beck.
LIABILITY DISPUTE
OMAHA—The Nebraska Supreme Court has decided that walking into work from the parking lot shouldn’t be considered commuting, so a Union Pacific conductor will be able to seek compensation for his knee injury. The ruling released Friday reinstates the lawsuit Glenn Holsapple filed after stepping in a pothole in April 2006 in Marysville, Kan. Previously, a judge in Douglas County, Neb., issued a summary judgment in Union Pacific’s favor, preventing a trial. By Business Writer Josh Funk. Eds: Moving on state news and financial lines.
BUSINESS:
— BACK WAGES—The U.S. Department of Labor says it has recovered more than $42,000 in back wages for 14 Omaha restaurant workers. Eds: Moved on state news and financial lines.
— IRRIGATION IMPORTANCE—The Nebraska Farm Bureau says the entire state benefits from the irrigation farmers use to raise bountiful crops, so everyone in the state should pay part of the cost of water-management programs. Eds: Moved on state news and financial lines.
— IOWA-HY-VEE PRESIDENT—Hy-Vee Inc. has named a 28-year veteran of the Iowa-based grocery store chain as its new president. Eds: Note Nebraska mention.
SPORTS:
VOL–NCAA-OMAHA
OMAHA, Neb.—It’s a mini Big 12 tournament when Nebraska meets Iowa State and Texas plays Texas A&M in the NCAA Omaha Regional. By Eric Olson. Eds: Games at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.
AP Photos planned.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— BELLEVUE SHOOTING—An airman stationed at Offutt Air Force Base has died after being shot in the head at a Bellevue apartment.
— OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING—The chief Douglas County prosecutor says he will not charge an off-duty Omaha officer who shot a 20-year-old man as the man left a bar fracas.
— THIEVING EMPLOYEE CONVICTED—A 48-year-old woman has been found guilty for her role in scheme to steal merchandise from her Lincoln employer.
— HORSE DRAGGED—A 22-year-old Kearney man accused of dragging a horse behind a trailer has been given 15 days in jail and fined $500 for drunken driving.
— NEB. HIGHWAY AUDIT—An audit says that a state office that oversees the spending of millions of federal dollars annually for highway safety in Nebraska has failed to comply with some state and federal laws.
— NEB COLLEGE DISPUTE—A commission says forming a new state-government group to oversee Nebraska’s community colleges would help resolve an ongoing battle over state funding and other issues.
— RESERVATIONS-TRANSIT—Two Native American reservations in Nebraska are slated to get more than $1.2 million in federal dollars to improve transit infrastructure.
— CAPITOL TREE—The annual tree-lighting ceremony at the Capitol in Lincoln will include a carol sing-along.
— OBIT-YOUNG—The Rev. Jim Keck of First-Plymouth Congregational Church of Christ in Lincoln says longtime minister and book reviewer Otis Young has died.
— PROTECTIVE MOUTHWASH—Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center say they’ve developed a a formula for a mouthwash that may provide long-term protection against tooth decay.
The AP, Omaha.
